mqtt.receive Event

The mqtt.receive event listens on the specified topic and executes when a message is published to the specified topic.

Form

Note:

Do not use reserved topics api and apiz. For more information on reserved topics, see MQTT Interface.

Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Topic

String

 Yes

The topic must match the standard MQTT topic format. Wildcards plus (+ and hash (#) are permitted.

Event variables

Name

Type

Description

$(event.topic)

String

The topic that was published to.

$(event.from)

String

The identifier representing the email address or thing key associated with the connection that sent the message.

$(event.ts)

Timestamp

The timestamp when the message was published.

$(event.payload)

Binary

The payload sent in the message published to the topic.